3 books contained in a cardboard box. Box has black and white picture of Sydney Harbour Bridge and a ship on front with title (Erinnerungen) in red print and rest of title in black print. Bottom right corner has Band 5: exil in Australien in white print. Title on side in red and black. Back has map of Australia and Asia with countries in blue and ocean in white. Book 1 has same picture on it. Book 2 has a picture of man in army uniform. Book 3 has a picture of a woman and a billy can. Book is written in German and English.

Historical information

Volume 5 of a series of books written by the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism. This volume tells the stories of victims exiled in Australia.

Book - Study and Survey of Prisoner of War Facilities in Western Australia

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

White pages, yellow plastic outer cover front and rear. Name of book and author (Enest Polis) and date (1996) on first page in black ink.

Historical information

Written by E Polis after reading Stalag Australia and realising what was written was not entirely correct. No mention of the Italian prisoners of war and the importance of of the internment camps in Western Australia.

Inscriptions & Markings

On acknowledgements page inscription reads: "presented to Arthur and Lurline with many thanks for all their generous help with my research. E Polis 29 July 1998".

Book - Cowra on the Lachlan

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Hard cover book, green with gold writing on spine (title and authors name). Dust cover, yellow, with picture of The Cowra Bicentennial tapestry on front cover. Back cover has picture of Cowra. Inside front of dust cover has what the book about and inside back of dust cover tells about the author, Joan Marriott.

Historical information

Tells the story of Cowra from early settlers to when book written. Includes the 1944 prison break out and the resulting Cowra War Cemetery, Japanese Garden and Cultural Centre.

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Book - HMAS Sydney Loss and Controversy

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Hard cover blue book with title on spine in gold. Dust cover has picture of HMAS Sydney on front with title above and authors name below. Spine has title and authors name in white print. Back cover has a picture of HMAS Sydney. Inside front of dust cover has what book about and inside back dust cover has information about the author.

Historical information

Tells the story of the controversy around the sinking of HMAS Sydney by HSK Kormoran on the 19 November 1941.

Inscriptions & Markings

A4 size binder of 166 pages plus clear front cover and black back cover. Black multi ring binder. 5 pictures of camp related items on front along with 2 red squares one containing the name of the document in white and black print. The second square has black print "Historical cultural heritage projects. prepared for the Tatura & District Historical Society June 2010.

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Document - Motor Spirit Consumer's Licence

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Piece of paper printed on front with information and on back with squares marked with months. Perforated on one edge. Also 3 small 6d (pence) war saving stamps and 2 x 1 gallon motor spirit ration tickets.

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Book - Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering Annual Report 1997

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

184 page book. Brown cover and back page with brown binding. Picture of physics emblems on front and title in white print.

Historical information

Annual Report 1997 of the Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering. Institute of Advanced Studies at the Australian National University. Professor Erich Weigold is the director. Erich was an internee in the Tatura Camp 3.

Booklet - The School Paper

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

16 A4 pages folded in half to form a booklet entitled "The School Paper Grades V11 and V111. Education Department - Victoria No 672 February 2, 1959. Picture of Common heath on front. Black and white. Various topic within.

Historical information

Booklet put out by the Victorian Education Department for various grades of schools. Various topics on the state.

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Emil Wittenberg

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

A single piece of white paper with print on both sides and folded to form booklet. Front cover has a black and white sketch of man in corner of a barbed wire fence. "An exhibition of work from the Dunera Voyage and internment in Hay and Tatura." "A biographical note". on front in black ink. Back page has a piece of paper stuck on it advertising the exhibition times and dates.

Historical information

A booklet put together for an exhibition of Emil Wittenberg's work. A short biography and picture of Emil is inside.

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The Dunera Experience

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

The booklet has a white cover with a blue design of an exhibition of various camp items in glass cases with people looking at the items. Title of booklet "The Dunera Experience an exhibition at the Jewish Museum of Australia 3 September 1990 - February 1991" and "Sponsored by the Victorian Ministry for the Arts" is in blue print.

Historical information

Booklet printed for the Jewish Museum of Australia exhibition. Contains lists of items displayed, information on the camps in Hay, Orange, Tatura and the Dunera Boys.

Inscriptions & Markings

Back cover has signatures of various Dunera men with the date 1976 in top left corner.